我們在有生之年的生活與工作方式應該是，讓獲得的種子可在下個世代成為花朵，讓獲得的花朵成為下一代的果實，那就是我們所謂的進步。We should so live and labor in our time that what came to us as seed may go to the next generation as blossom, and that which came to us as blossom may go to them as fruit. That is what we mean by progress.

We should so live and labor in our time that what came to us as seed may go to the next generation as blossom, and that which came to us as blossom may go to them as fruit. That is what we mean by progress.
— Henry Ward Beecher, Clergyman
我們在有生之年的生活與工作方式應該是，讓獲得的種子可在下個世代成為花朵，讓獲得的花朵成為下一代的果實，那就是我們所謂的進步。

– 亨利‧畢傑 (1813-1887) 美國 19 世紀中的公理會傳教士，參與女性投票、反黑奴的社會運動。